MONDAY 4.6

MANCHESTER TO KIRKHAM

6.55 train to Blackpool North.

Left on time. Delayed 10min at Wigan waiting for a driver.

Then cancelled from Preston leaving a wait of 35+min for a rail replacement bus (on the South line as all the North ones have been removed) or 41 for a train.

Mysteriously uncancelled.

Arrived 8.10, 13min late

FRIDAY 1.6

Manchester to Kirkham

6.55 direct CANCELLED
7.01 to connect with 8.00 bus at Preston CANCELLED

Caught 7.26 Manchester to Preston Transpennine

Preston to Kirkham
8.29 CANCELLED with 10 mins notice
8.34 Delayed 5 mins (8.41 CANCELLED)

Should have arrived 7.57, did arrive 8.47


Delay 50 min


15.43 Blackpool South to Preston CANCELLED
15.54 Blackpool North to Mcr Airport - showing as running, but cancelled at Blackpool only. Didn’t run.
15.40 bus to Preston 10 mins late.

 16.24 Preston to Mcr Airport, no train at departure time, no announcements till 16.26 when rail replacement bus announced to Bolton departing 16.30. Then train announced as Delayed. Still pretending it’s going to run as the 16.39 on the same route actually runs. Another announcement about it at 16.48.

 Got 16.47 transpennine delayed 8 min. Arrived 17.41.

 Delay 57 mins


Week to date (4 days) - 315 minutes